Tag Archives: Gordon Brown

R&D: Americans Distrust China, Haiti Brings Duvalier to Court, and Atlanta Public Schools are Put on Probation

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D for January 19th: Wary Powers Set to Square Off from the Wall Street Journal As Chinese President Hu Jintao arrives in Washington for an important summit with President Obama, the United States is not very welcoming, … Continue reading →

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R&D: Top Five News Stories/Reports You Will Want to Read Today

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D top five for December 11th: 2020:  The IEA Puts a Date on Peak Oil Production from the Economist Gordon Brown and Nicolas Sarkozy: banks should pay for climate change from the London Times Illegal Immigrant Students … Continue reading →

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R&D: Top Five News Stories/Reports You Will Want to Read Today

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Logan Scisco

Here is your R&D top five for December 8th: Copenhagen’s Many Agendas from the Council on Foreign Relations Journalism and Freedom (Rupert Murdoch Editorial) from the Wall Street Journal EPA is preparing to regulate emissions in Congress’s stead from the … Continue reading →

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AGD: Enjoy Thanksgiving with Some Political Turkeys

Posted on November 26, 2009 by Corey Alderdice

by Corey Alderdice Your friends at Extemp Central want to take this moment to wish you and yours a very Happy Thanksgiving.  It’s one of the few weekends during the fall semester where we get a break.  Enjoy it…as well … Continue reading →

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HotTopics: International Extemp Questions for the Week of November 17th-23rd, 2009

Posted on November 18, 2009 by Logan Scisco

1.  Has the UN food summit been a failure? 2.  Does the status of Franco-German relations dictate the direction and power of the EU? 3.  Should Brown back Blair for EU president? 4.  Does Uribe need to do more to … Continue reading →

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Extemp Questions for the Week of October 13th-19th, 2009

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Logan Scisco

1. Is David Patraeus the new Eisenhower? 2. What is the best way to solve the unemployment problem in America? 3. How can the Czech Republic be compelled to ratify Lisbon? 4. Has Abbas ruined his standing with the Palestinian … Continue reading →

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Extemp Questions for the Week of May 20th-26th, 2009

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Logan Scisco

1. Should Gordon Brown follow Michael Martin’s lead? 2. Is Netanyahu’s idea of an Israeli-Sunni Arab coalition to check Iran’s nuclear ambitions realistic? 3. Should Obama nominate a woman to fill the Souter vacancy on the Supreme Court? 4. Was … Continue reading →

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